Amherst Magazine, Fall 2007

FEATURES

The Dirtiest GameEdwin Macharia ’01 has come home to Kenya to try to change his country’s future. But can a young idealist get elected in one of the most corrupt nations on earth? By Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne ’01

An Unlikely Love AffairThe Puritans had a thing against Shakespeare, but with time, the American people fell for him—hard. To a surprising extent, Amherst has shaped the long romance. By Eric Goldscheider